Here are some brachiopods I saw earlier in the week in Nashville, Tennessee. I am guessing they are from either the Nashville or Maysville Groups in the Ordovician Period. This first brachiopod might be a
Resserella (aka
Dalmanella).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVis4zmCw0xmDQ2peqcFJLd3zFSS5eeaIFkAZKNP6tkBOdjKbdsjkBmZpoM0k20JSgQuYKkYI7tnuAfACyFHXTbHY2RhSTQom6kkgud2jzMwtahBURL82O3kWtDlWZb3HegUujbiSbrCTR/s400/nashville-brachiopod.jpg)
These next brachiopods might be
Lepidocyclus (Orthorhynchula).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPprwRg2XAC6985zbNS8E9wmiHqO-xl2vv8-DsM2s5lmY4A8YALY9ETwq_sgeUOztHDrBMYOQKgAp9fhviX6oAND5MtQ5THFmTTGRV4mSPeUQlh4Nwr9yXq8x6jZxw57qbXKHOnlSuZgBY/s400/nashville-lepidocyclus.jpg)
This might be the bottom half of a
Hebertella brachiopod.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSihS9T-EeaYDfeyJQuFbTJ3w8ARwUbEsoanyMX8Klo304sC8KzCLrSDr7fosnhc_tYzKs9SC0-d-rXlY8KbLGzVd9L5tJ11vxIbDjb4TGr_MvQdfgF5nl47oDwjVWsYFx_TVhlXo6_ftl/s400/nashville-hebertella.jpg)
Maybe a
Lepidocyclus brachiopod.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCbEVoEGEvxpKkvbAbHsUypo1-hOZdcjEmLS8wIOrozTZU1N8wgNGDqhACxyN5N7P4UaIyejZFfAsd6qUAa5XdzxL9b6U9pqZWMrbF5y79SC9Ejd0Rh05d3CfwceQOsXze5vmWYErtH4V/s400/nashville-brachiopod-lepidocyclus.jpg)
Again another mixture of
Lepidocyclus brachiopods.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNZi_YczDbU3heNjo7wtM3AmCP8uN23garF0ojVuqEr-f-3dr4QEVQqXGKTQkCCsVCZB0KC9ISmMr7asMwc5u3QwdT-rBCnMpDN1KsRQoo1biCQduNsaVGPNHYlsusuhGWIQyFGS3zjfU/s400/lepidocyclus-nashville.jpg)
Some sort of
Resserella or
Hebertella brachiopods.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CCItCrFab1WhypVYgaecevH8hUp8gIjny9wJAd2hZHrAe9PBA8jqf2-UiaQD3_x8WjTiRrQ8Xhe7JR-jRGgaVUmt9-qXbioF3uueXjlBb8jg758KsQE2Wh7tPO8dWkzJ4snm0l52igg3/s400/brachiopod-nashville.jpg)
Thanks to the website at www.nashvillefossils.com for help with identification.